Good question Jerry! And since you asked, I am wondering why my garage natural gas heater smells strongly like gas when operating. The unit is only a few years old, and I clean it out frequently, but I am now getting the gas smell when it's burning. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Richer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:19 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Why does my Propane heater burn so dirty?
I have a 100 pound Propane tank outside the house. I have three Propane appliances that run off that tank. They are an ordinary cook stove, an ordinary double oven, and a Propane space heater. The stove and oven burn perfectly cleanly, no smell, nothing, just heat. The space heater gives off smoke, it stinks, and the walls all around the living room where the heater is are darkened about ten feet off the floor. Why do the stove and oven burn so cleanly and the heater so dirty? I know I'm supposed to clean the heater every year. Why is it that I never have to clean the stove or the oven? Thanks. Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]